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[FINELY-BOUND MODERN FIRSTS]. HAMMETT, Dashiell (1894-1961)...

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[FINELY-BOUND MODERN FIRSTS]. HAMMETT, Dashiell (1894-1961).?Red Harvest. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. 8vo. [271] pp. Beautifully bound in modern full red levant morocco, boards ruled in gilt, front board and spine stamped in gilt, four raised bands, modern marbled endleaves and blanks (text lightly toned, text pages with faint creasing at upper corners). Fine. FIRST EDITION OF HAMMETT?S FIRST NOVEL, THE MYSTERY THAT INTRODUCED HIS CHARACTER, THE ?CONTINENTAL OP.? Measurements 8 x 6 x 1?.